Through With Chew Week
Through With Chew Week (TWCW) is a tobacco observance that educates on the dangers of smokeless tobacco and aims to support chew, dip, and snus users who are wanting to quit. In Oklahoma, 6.8% of adults and 5.7% of high school students use smokeless tobacco, …
CCMH Tobacco Cessation Recognized
CCMH was recognized by the Oklahoma Hospital Association’s (OHA) Hospital Helping Patients Quit program. Meagan Carter from OHA presented a certificate that recognized CCMH’s contributions to tobacco cessation; specifically for reaching the benchmark of 650 referrals to the Helpline since we began referring in 2017. …
CCMH Awarded TSET Grant for Another Five Years
Congratulations to Sandy Foster, Healthy Living Program Director, for successfully writing for and receiving a continuing grant to the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET). The five-year grants, renewable annually, will support communities in developing strategies, programs and policies to improve health by preventing or …
How Smoking Affects the Lungs
Each organ in your body plays an important role in keeping your body healthy. If you have healthy lungs, you probably don’t think much about them. Damage to your lungs, however; can quickly cause a noticeable difference in your ability to breathe easily. The …
